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The Wide World of Mystery: Created by Brian Clemens. With John Karlen, Peter Sallis, Michael Parks, Susan Strasberg. A 90 minute late-night mystery and suspense anthology series which ran on ABC (American Broadcasting Company), between 1973 and 1978.
Oct 7, 2021 · In the early 1970s, ABC, in an attempt to counter-program against the dominance of Johnny Carson and his NBC “Tonight Show,” decided to air a series of suspense and action and mystery-based movies under the umbrella title of “ABC’s Wide World of Mystery.”
WIDE WORLD OF MYSTERY (along with the nighttime soap opera THE EDGE OF NIGHT, and many newscasts, sports programs, and game shows) fell victim to a mass inventory purge at ABC in 1978 which resulted in the network wiping a large number of broadcast tapes in order to reuse them.
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Beginning on 8 January 1973, this 90-minute late-night mystery and suspense anthology series ran on ABC (American Broadcasting Company) – on a rather erratic schedule – until 10 January 1976.
Police lieutenant Danny Ianello and insurance investigator Susan Browning become involved in the mystery surrounding the apparent suicide of wealthy Allen Harper. Their investigation uncovers a flamboyant blackmailer, drug addiction, and possibly murder.
Private pilot Tink Wilson flies in a shipment of narcotics to be delivered at the military academy where his cadet son Chuck will graduate that night. Following the exchange, a unseen assailant shoots and kills Wilson, while Chuck and his military rifle go missing. Rate. Top-rated.
